NPR Blogger Hammered After What She Said About ‘Diverse Sources’ and ‘White Guys’
Zach Noble, The Blaze, July 7, 2014
NPR’s education team sent out a curious tweet Wednesday that prompted an online backlash.
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I reach out to diverse sources on deadline. Only the white guys get back to me 🙁
— NPR’s Education Team (@npr_ed) July 2, 2014
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It took a few days for the @npr_ed tweet to gain widespread notice, but when it did, critics sunk their teeth into it.
@npr_ed It sounds like you aren’t very good at an important part of your job. I’d expect this from Fox News, but not NPR.
— G Johnson (@GAnnaJohnson) July 7, 2014
@npr_ed You’re frustrated, but as a reporter first and foremost myself (and a person of color) I would never voice such a loaded expression.
— Terri Hansen (@TerriHansen) July 7, 2014
The person responsible for the tweet soon revealed herself to be NPR blogger Anya Kamenetz.
Kamenetz said she had mistakenly sent the tweet from the NPR education account instead of her own and that she regretted it.
@latinorebels @npr_ed hi. I regret it a lot. Was sharing momentary frustration at daily struggle to find diverse sources (1)
— Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya) July 7, 2014
@latinorebels @npr_ed often majority voices are quicker to respond / self promote. (2)
— Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya) July 7, 2014
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Kerfuffle or no, Kamenetz seemed to be taking the whole thing in stride.
@sky_bluesky believe me, i wish I had kept it to myself. But the silver lining is, I have met many more diverse sources.
— Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya) July 7, 2014
